Towards a late Holocene archaeology of the inland Pilbara

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 6-15

  Ryan, Ian ^a   Morse, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artefact scatters; Pilbara; Surface archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649854836     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00063.x     Document Type: Article

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